On October 31, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a decision halting the merger of two large Illinois hospital systems, Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem.

Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren's Post-Acute Care and Long Term Services Practice Group has provided legal counsel in connection with many successful strategic alliances and affiliation transactions between health care providers.

Now is the time for directors and officers of nonprofit health care providers to reassess their governance and compliance obligations to ensure that they do not inadvertently breach their fiduciary duties.

Physicians play a critical role in the post-acute and long‑term care services industry. Physicians serving as medical directors determine whether individuals are eligible for hospice care or home health services.

In July 2014, Reinhart published a client alert explaining that nursing homes were no longer permitted to have facility-wide policies indicating that staff will not administer cardiopulmonary resuscitation...